I guess the Random iTunes Fairy got a hankering for Ben Folds after yesterday’s post.
Here is an early demo version of the track ‘Boxing,’ which later found a spot as the final track on Ben Folds Five’s brilliant debut album.
This track was included on the 3-disc album The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective, which contains a bunch of goodies every Ben Folds fan should want.
Howard, the strangest things
Have happened lately when I
Take a good swing
At all my dreams
They pivot and slip
I drop my fists and they’re back
Laughing, Howard
My intention’s become not to lose what I’ve won
Ambition has given way to desperation and I
Lost the fight from my eyes
[Chorus]
Boxing’s been good to me, Howard
Now I’m told, you’re growing old
The whole time you knew
A couple of years I’d be through
Has boxing been good to you?
[Verse 2]
Howard, now I confess
I’m scared and lonely and tired
They seem to think I’m made of clay
Oh, another day
I’m not cut out for this
I just know what to say
I say
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Well sometimes I punch myself, hard as I can
Yelling “Nobody cares!”
Hoping someone will tell me how
Wrong I am
[Chorus]
Has boxing been good
Has boxing been good to you?
Meet Me In Montauk 
I think the Random ITunes Fairy is trying to encourage us to go to Cuba with Ben.😄